A. 
All advertising matter, signs and other plaques nailed or attached by any means without the prior written consent of the municipality to any property owned or under the custody and control of the municipality are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be removed.
B. 
Any employee of the municipality may remove from any public property owned or under the control or custody of the municipality any advertising, signs or advertising matter whatsoever which has been attached or adhered to the property, without the prior written consent of the municipality, without being required to give notice of such intent to remove to the owners of or the persons who originally attached the item to the municipal property.
C. 
The municipality may confiscate or destroy any advertising matter, signs or plaques removed pursuant to subsection B of this section.
D. 
Official legal notices may be posted on municipal property at a single public bulletin board or other public location designated by the municipal manager for such purpose.
(AO No. 79-170)
No person may jump, fall or otherwise eject himself from any aircraft or from any building or natural terrain feature for the purpose of parachuting, sky diving or hang gliding onto any municipal land except:
A. 
During emergencies when air drop operations are deemed necessary and under civil defense or military supervision.
B. 
In cases of aircraft emergency failure where it is necessary for the protection of life to parachute from the disabled aircraft.
C. 
When approved by the municipality in accordance with regulations promulgated under chapter 25.10.
(AO No. 79-170)
In addition to such acts as may be prohibited in section 25.70.040, it is, within the boundaries of the Anchorage Memorial Park cemetery, unlawful to:
A. 
Deface, mar or write upon or otherwise injure any grave site, monument, memorial design, authorized decoration or other like object.
B. 
Possess intoxicating liquor or drugs.
C. 
Permit the presence of any domestic animal or pet.
D. 
Trespass upon a grave site which contains the remains of an individual.
E. 
Sell or solicit the sale of flowers, plants or any commodity in connection with a cemetery memorial.
(AO No. 79-170)
A. 
No person may operate any motor vehicle on public school grounds except upon designated driveways and parking lots.
B. 
As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meaning given in this subsection:
"Motor vehicle"
means any vehicle propelled other than by human muscular power or gravity, including but not limited to automobiles, aircraft, travel trailers, motorcycles and snowmobiles, but not including construction and maintenance equipment when operated by authorized personnel.
"Playground"
means public school grounds used for or having facilities for recreation, especially for children.
"Public school grounds"
mean any parcel of real property used or managed for public school purposes or related purposes by the municipality or by the school district, including any public school playground.
(AO No. 79-170)
A. 
No person may operate a mobile food service in a municipal park without first obtaining a permit therefor from the director of the department of cultural and recreational services. The fee for the permit shall be $25.00.
B. 
The permittee shall collect and remove to an appropriate disposal facility all litter and trash resulting from the mobile food service operation. With its permit application, the applicant shall post a bond in the amount of $500.00, in a form acceptable to the director of the department of cultural and recreational services, securing the performance of the permittee's obligation under this subsection.
(AO No. 84-138(S), 1-1-1985)
A. 
Except in areas specifically designated for such use in accordance with law, no person may engage in any of the following activities on municipal land:
1. 
Camping.
2. 
Building fires.
3. 
Operating motor vehicles of any kind.
4. 
Constructing trails.
5. 
Discharging firearms where there is a reasonable likelihood people, domestic animals, or property may be jeopardized.
6. 
Shooting into municipal land from beyond its boundaries where there is a reasonable likelihood people, domestic animals, or property may be jeopardized.
7. 
Cutting or otherwise damaging live trees, shrubbery, brush or other vegetation.
8. 
Removing soil, rocks, gravel or plants of any kind.
9. 
Constructing structures of any kind.
10. 
Hunting or trapping of game animals.
B. 
On any municipal land, no person may, except as otherwise authorized by law:
1. 
Kill or injure any animal unless such act is necessary to protect a human being or domesticated animal from attack.
2. 
Harass, torment, poison, provoke, trap or abuse any animal.
3. 
Interfere with, obstruct, mutilate, conceal or tear down any official notice, sign or placard posted by any municipal officer or employee.
4. 
Knowingly destroy or injure any public property.
5. 
Dump, abandon, throw, scatter or burn litter, garbage, rubbish or junk.
6. 
Break bottles or other glass containers in such manner that fragments of glass may be strewn upon the ground.
(AO No. 79-170; AO 2006-39, § 7, 4-11-2006; AO No. 2019-50(S), § 3, 6-6-2019; AO No. 2023-76, § 1, 7-25-2023)
A. 
This section applies to the following bodies of water within the municipality:
1. 
Campbell Creek.
2. 
Chester Creek.
3. 
Fish Creek.
4. 
Rabbit Creek.
5. 
Ship Creek (excluding the public boat ramp area and downstream thereof).
6. 
Bentzen Lake.
7. 
Birch Lake.
8. 
Connors Lake.
9. 
Delong Lake.
10. 
Edmonds Lake.
11. 
Goose Lake.
12. 
Hood Lake.
13. 
Jewel Lake.
14. 
Lower Fire Lake.
15. 
Mirror Lake.
16. 
Otis Lake.
17. 
Sand Lake.
18. 
Spenard Lake.
19. 
Sundi Lake.
B. 
A person may not operate a motor vehicle on a body of water described in subsection A of this section, except for:
1. 
Airplane operation.
2. 
Participation in a motorized event or use which is the subject of a facility use permit issued pursuant to chapter 25.10.
3. 
Construction, enforcement, maintenance or emergency vehicles operated by the municipality or its contractors.
4. 
Boats using an electric motor.
5. 
Remote-controlled model boats, cars and similar models.
6. 
Boats equipped with outboard motors of 50 horsepower or less, which must be operated at a no-wake speed when within 100 feet of a dock or shoreline on Sand Lake and Lower Fire Lake, during the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
(AO No. 86-102)
A. 
Fine. A person who violates a provision of this title or a municipal regulation promulgated under this title shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $300.00.
B. 
Civil penalty; injunctive relief. In addition to any other remedy or penalty provided by this title, a person who violates a provision of this title or a municipal regulation promulgated under this title shall be subject to a civil penalty as set forth in section 14.60.030, or, if no penalty is included in section 14.60.030, a civil penalty in an amount equal to or greater than the costs to repair any damage caused plus any towing, storage and other costs in cases involving impoundment, but in any case not less than $50.00 for each offense, or injunctive relief to restrain the person from continuing the violation or threat of violation, or both a civil penalty and injunctive relief. Upon application for injunctive relief and a finding that a person is violating or threatening to violate this title, or a municipal regulation promulgated under this title, the superior court shall grant injunctive relief to restrain the violation. Imposition of civil penalties under this section may be sought in a separate civil action brought by either the municipality or any aggrieved resident of the municipality. Any funds obtained as a civil penalty shall be held by the municipality and spent only for impoundment and storage of vehicles in violation and for trail maintenance, repair and improvement.
C. 
Impoundment and forfeiture of vehicles authorized. In the case of a violation of section 25.70.060I, in addition to the penalties set out in subsections A and B of this section, the vehicle used in the violation may be impounded for 90 days for a first offense under subsection D of this section and may be forfeited to the municipality in accordance with subsection E of this section for a second or subsequent offense, or in the case of a knowing and intentional first offense where the violation causes significant damage to public or private property. Impoundment may be accomplished incident to an arrest, whether a valid citizen's arrest pursuant to AS 12.25.030 or by a peace officer, or pursuant to a court order entered in the course of civil or criminal enforcement proceedings. Vehicles found abandoned in violation of section 25.70.060I may be immediately impounded, but may not be held longer than 48 hours under this section unless the party responsible for the impound obtains a court order authorizing continued impoundment.
D. 
Release of impounded vehicles.
1. 
A vehicle which is impounded under subsection C of this section as a penalty for violation of section 25.70.060I shall be held for a period of at least 90 days.
2. 
Prior to releasing a vehicle the person seeking to redeem the vehicle must obtain an order from the judge assigned to the case authorizing release of the vehicle. A release shall not be granted unless the applicant can:
a. 
Provide proof of ownership;
b. 
Provide proof of payment of or exemption from current personal property taxes on the vehicle;
c. 
Pay or provide proof of payment for any repairs to trails and any other penalties or costs imposed; and
d. 
Pay or provide proof of payment of costs of impoundment and storage.
E. 
Procedures for vehicle forfeiture.
1. 
A motor vehicle may not be forfeited under this section if the owner of the vehicle establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence, at a hearing before the court as the trier of fact, that the use of the vehicle in violation of section 25.70.060I was committed by another person and that the owner was neither a consenting party nor privy to the violation.
2. 
A forfeiture of a motor vehicle encumbered by a valid security interest at the time of seizure is subject to the interest of the secured party if the secured party establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence, at a hearing before the court as the trier of fact, that use of the motor vehicle in violation of section 25.70.060I was committed by another person and that the secured party was neither a consenting party nor privy to the violation.
3. 
A motor vehicle used in violation of section 25.70.060I may be forfeited to the municipality either upon conviction of the defendant of a violation of section 25.70.060I, or upon judgment of a court in a separate civil proceeding in rem. The court may order a forfeiture in the in rem proceeding if it finds that the motor vehicle was used during or in aid of a violation of section 25.70.060I.
4. 
It is not a defense in an in rem proceeding brought under this section that a criminal proceeding has or has not resulted in a conviction.
5. 
A motor vehicle may be impounded by a peace officer upon an order issued by a court having jurisdiction over the motor vehicle upon a showing of probable cause that the motor vehicle may be forfeited under this section. Seizure without a court order may be made if:
a. 
The impoundment is incident to a valid arrest;
b. 
The motor vehicle subject to impoundment has been the subject of an earlier judgment in favor of the municipality in a criminal proceeding or civil proceeding in rem under this chapter; or
c. 
There is probable cause to believe that the motor vehicle was used in violation of section 25.70.060I and the motor vehicle is easily moveable. Motor vehicles impounded under this subsection may not be held for more than 48 hours without a court order obtained to continue their detention.
6. 
A court may order impoundment of motor vehicles subject to forfeiture under this section for not less than 30 consecutive days.
7. 
Motor vehicles seized under this section for the purpose of forfeiture or impoundment shall be held in the custody of the municipal police department or a private corporation authorized by the chief of police to retain custody of the motor vehicle as provided in subsection E.7.a of this subsection and subsection E.5 of this subsection, subject only to the orders and decrees of the court having jurisdiction over any forfeiture proceedings. If a motor vehicle is seized under this section, the chief of police or his authorized designee may:
a. 
Remove the property to a place designated by the court; or
b. 
Take custody of the property and remove it to an appropriate location for disposition in accordance with law.
8. 
Within 31 days after a forfeiture order under this section, the chief of police or his designee shall make an inventory of any motor vehicle seized and shall appraise its value.
9. 
Within 20 days after a seizure under this section for purposes of forfeiture, the chief of police or his designee shall, by certified mail, notify any person known to have an interest in a motor vehicle with an appraised value of $500.00 or more, or who is ascertainable from official registration papers, licenses or other state, federal or municipal numbers on the motor vehicle of the pending forfeiture action. Additionally, the chief of police or his designee shall publish notice of forfeiture action of a motor vehicle valued at $500.00 or more. The notice shall be published for four consecutive calendar weeks.
10. 
Upon service or completion of publication of notice of commencement of a forfeiture action under this section, a person claiming interest in the property shall file, within 30 days after service or completion of publication, a notice of claim setting out the nature of the interest, the date it was acquired, the consideration paid, and an answer to the municipality's allegations. If a claim and answer is not filed within the time specified, the motor vehicle described in the municipality's allegation must be ordered forfeited to the municipality without further proceedings or showings.
11. 
Questions of fact or law raised by a notice of forfeiture action and answer of a claimant in an action commenced under this section must be determined by a court sitting without a jury. This proceeding may be held in abeyance until conclusion of any pending criminal charges against the claimant under section 25.70.060I.
12. 
A claimant who has filed a notice of claim under subsection E.10 of this subsection may, at any time, petition for release of a seized motor vehicle by commencing an action for recovery of the vehicle.
13. 
A motor vehicle which is the subject of a forfeiture action may not be released by the court unless the claimant described in subsection E.10 of this subsection gives adequate assurance that the motor vehicle will remain subject to the court's jurisdiction and the court finds the release is in the best interests of the municipality or the claimant provides a bond or other valid and equivalent security equal to twice the assessed value of the motor vehicle.
14. 
A claimant who is an innocent lienholder may petition the court for sale of a motor vehicle before final disposition of court proceedings. The court shall grant a petition for sale upon a finding that the sale is in the best interest of the municipality. Proceeds from the sale plus interest to the date of final disposition of the court proceedings become the subject of the forfeiture action.
15. 
Property forfeited under this section shall be disposed of by the chief of police or his designee in accordance with applicable law. The chief of police or his designee may:
a. 
Sell the property and use the proceeds for payment of all proper expenses of seizure, custody, court costs and municipal attorney fees; or
b. 
Take custody of the property and use it in the enforcement of the municipal and state criminal codes.
16. 
Upon a showing that a claimant is entitled to remittance in accordance with this section, the court shall order that:
a. 
If the claimant is entitled to the motor vehicle, it shall be delivered to the claimant immediately.
b. 
If the claimant is entitled to remittance of some value less than the total value of the motor vehicle, the claimant is entitled at the claimant's choice to receive either the value of the claimant's interest or, upon payment of the difference in value by the claimant, the motor vehicle itself.
17. 
An offender who used a motor vehicle subject to remission in violation of section 25.70.060I shall be assessed a civil penalty, which may not be less than the cost of any lien payment or remittance made by the municipality plus the reasonable costs of the seizure.
18. 
The provisions of this section shall be interpreted independently of state laws regarding impoundment or forfeiture of motor vehicles.
19. 
The storage and towing costs, if any, for vehicles impounded under subsection E.6 of this subsection shall be borne by the person redeeming such vehicle as owner or on behalf of the owner.
F. 
Private enforcement actions. In addition to other remedies available under this title, any person aggrieved by a violation of section 25.70.040 and section 25.70.045 may also initiate a private enforcement action before the administrative hearing officer to abate that violation as provided in section 21.25.035.
(AO No. 79-170; AO No. 83-150; AO No. 92-165(S-1); AO No. 93-124(S-3), § 4, 4-13-1994; AO No. 93-167(S-1), § 21, 4-13-1994; AO No. 96-147(S), § 4, 12-17-1996; AO No. 2009-134, § 1, 1-12-2010)
In addition to those activities prohibited on public lands by section 9.40.170, pertaining to motorcycles, section 9.42.020, pertaining to snow machines, and section 10.50.015, pertaining to alcoholic beverages, and by other provisions of this chapter, the following activities are prohibited in parks. Conducting prohibited activities in parks is punishable according to the remedies specified in section 25.70.050.
A. 
No person shall use any body of water or land within a park for takeoff, landing or operation of an aircraft unless the director has designated that body of water or land for such use or in case of emergency in which the safety of a passenger or the pilot of such an aircraft is endangered.
B. 
No person shall operate miniature aircraft in a park except in those areas designated for such use by the director and in accordance with chapter 15.70.
C. 
No person shall operate a miniature motorized boat in a park except in those areas designated for such use by the director and in accordance with chapter 15.70.
D. 
No person shall operate a watercraft, with or without a motor, inside or within 50 feet of an established swimming area in a park unless authorized by the director.
E. 
No person shall launch, move, berth, dock, beach or otherwise operate a boat in a park except in those areas designated for such use by the director. No person shall leave a boat unattended in a park overnight.
F. 
No person shall swim or dive in a park except in those areas designated by the director for such use.
G. 
No person shall knowingly emit or transmit a false drowning alarm in a park.
H. 
No person shall bring an animal into, permit an animal under his control to enter or remain, or otherwise possess an animal in a use area closed to animals unless he possesses a permit issued by the director. Animals brought into parks shall be kept under control as required by section 17.10.010. The following parks or areas are closed to animals, as that term is defined in section 17.05.010:
1. 
Campbell Creek Estuary Natural Area.
I. 
No person shall drive, operate, stop or move a motorcycle, motor vehicle or all-terrain vehicle in any municipal park except:
1. 
In a use area specifically designated for such use by the director;
2. 
Vehicles participating in a motorized event or use which is the subject of a facility use permit issued pursuant to chapter 25.10; and
3. 
Construction, enforcement, maintenance or emergency vehicles operated by the state, the municipality or its contractors.
J. 
No person shall camp in a park except in such areas and at such times as designated by the director in a daily use permit issued pursuant to AMCR Section R25.10.007.
K. 
No person shall deposit litter, waste, or water, sewage or effluent from sinks, portable toilets or other plumbing fixtures directly upon the surface of land or into water in a park.
L. 
A person having control or supervision of an animal which excretes feces onto any of the following places within a park shall immediately collect and properly dispose of the feces:
1. 
Paved sidewalks, paved bicycle trails, paved pedestrian pathways, their shoulders, and adjacent overlook and rest areas.
2. 
Driveways and parking areas.
3. 
Mowed play, sport and other lawn areas.
4. 
Paved, gravel or sand sport areas (tennis courts, basketball courts, volleyball courts, etc.).
5. 
Groomed ski trails.
6. 
Walking, interpretive, exercise, fitness and running trails, posted as such by the director.
7. 
At any location within 25 feet of a waterway, pond or lake.
8. 
At any beach posted by the director as available for recreational use.
9. 
Flower and landscape beds, and vegetable garden areas.
This subsection shall not apply to a place in a park which has been posted for use by the particular type of animal, a guide dog while it is accompanying a blind or deaf person, or an animal while it is engaged in law enforcement activity in a park under the supervision of a law enforcement agency.
M. 
No person other than a camper holding a daily use permit may use sewer dumping facilities at a campground.
N. 
Dumpsters and other litter disposal containers in campgrounds shall be used only by campers holding daily use permits.
O. 
No person shall light, build, use or maintain an open fire or portable camp stove within a park except in a receptacle or area designated for such use by the director. No person shall leave an open fire or portable camp stove unattended. No person shall use flammable liquid other than charcoal lighting fluid to start or accelerate a fire.
P. 
No person shall possess, discharge, explode or ignite any firecracker, torpedo, rocket, fireworks, flammable liquid, explosive or other harmful substance in a park, except in an area designated by the director in a duly issued use permit.
Q. 
No person shall discharge a firearm or crossbow, or shoot a bow and arrow in a park except in areas designated by the director prior to June 6, 2023, where there is no reasonable likelihood of jeopardy to people, domestic animals, or property. The director may not designate a new area where discharge of a firearm or crossbow, or shooting a bow and arrow, is authorized on or after June 6, 2023, unless a written plan to mitigate the safety risks as required by this subsection is approved by the assembly. The assembly shall hold a public hearing before taking action on the director's proposed plan.
R. 
No person shall construct, use or operate a tow rope, ski lift or tramway, or machinery incidental to a tow rope, ski lift or tramway, except in such areas and at such times as may be designated by the director.
S. 
No person shall engage in downhill skiing within a park unless he uses an adequate strap, nylon cord, ski brake or similar device to prevent runaway skis.
T. 
No person shall use a sledding device made of metal, wood or fiberglass on a designated sledding hill. Plastic and cardboard sledding devices and inner tubes are permitted on sledding hills.
U. 
No person shall use a sledding device on a designated ski trail or ski hill.
(AMCR 25.10.016; AO No. 92-165(S-1); AO 2006-39, § 8, 4-11-2006; AO 2019-34, § 4, 4-18-2019; AO No. 2023-64, § 1, 6-6-2023; AO No. 2023-76, § 1, 7-25-2023)